Menezes Ritesh G, Giri Smith, Pant Sadip, Kharoshah Magdy A, Madadin Mohammed, Nagaraja Sharath Burugina
College of Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA.
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High-quality scientific literature is the cornerstone of scientific progress and is highly regarded by academia. However, scientific literature is often marred by plagiarism, data fabrication and falsification, redundant publication and illegitimate authorship. These problems are discussed in this article.